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On this episode of CXOTalk, Dr. Karim R. Lakhani from the Harvard Business School explains how established organizations can develop the enterprise AI, digital transformation strategy, and leadership capabilities needed to transform and compete in a cloudbased world.

Dr. Lakhani is the cofounder and chair of the Digital, Data & Design (D^3) Institute at Harvard, founder and codirector of the Laboratory for Innovation Science at Harvard, and the principal investigator of the NASA Tournament Laboratory. He is also the cofounder & cochair of the Harvard Business Analytics Program, a universitywide online program transforming executives into datasavvy leaders.

The discussion includes these topics:

About Karim Lakhani at the Harvard Business School
● On AI business strategy
● On the historical uniqueness of AI transformation
● On the importance of ecosystems and data in being competitive with enterprise AI
● On practical advice for business process transformation and AI
● On the challenge of enterprise architecture strategy and transformation with AI
● On marketing personalization using data and algorithms
● On the business process challenges of digital transformation
● On the challenge of bias in AI datasets
● On economic displacements caused by AI
● Advice for business leaders

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Karim R. Lakhani is the Dorothy & Michael Hintze Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. He is the cofounder and chair of the Digital, Data & Design (D^3) Institute at Harvard, founder and codirector of the Laboratory for Innovation Science at Harvard, and the principal investigator of the NASA Tournament Laboratory. He is also the cofounder & cochair of the Harvard Business Analytics Program, a universitywide online program transforming executives into datasavvy leaders.

Karim has published over 150 scholarly articles and case studies and is known for his original scholarship on open innovation and has pioneered the use of field experiments to help solve innovationrelated challenges while simultaneously generating rigorous research in partnership with organizations like NASA, Harvard Catalyst, and The Broad Institute. He coauthored Competing in the Age of AI (2020), an awardwinning book published by the Harvard Business Review Press. He has developed six onlinecourses that have educated thousands of executives on AI strategy, technologydriven transformation, and entrepreneurship.

Karim is an advisor to senior executives at leading companies. He serves as an Academic Partner at Flagship Pioneering, member of the Board of Directors of Mozilla Corporation and VIDEA Health, and an advisor to several AIbased startups. He is the cofounder of Aspire Institute, a nonprofit that aims to transform the lives of firstinfamily college students worldwide.

Karim was awarded his Ph.D. in management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He also holds an SM degree in Technology and Policy from MIT, and a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and Management from McMaster University in Canada. He is a recipient of the Aga Khan Foundation International Scholarship and a doctoral fellowship from Canada's Social Science and Humanities Research Council.